The FCC has previously proposed that content companies should be allowed to strike deals with ISPs that give them priority use of its pipes. However, ISPs would be banned from intentionally blocking or crippling any website’s ability to deliver content.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the new revision insists the FCC will scrutinize every deal made to ensure the companies not paying extra aren’t put at a disadvantage. It’s a small but significant change that should ease, but not nullify, concerns.

The problem with this proposal is the opportunity it leaves open for others to make a mockery of net neutrality. Wheeler won’t be in office forever, and a future FCC Chairman may not uphold the ideals put in place this time around.

Amazon Wins Pathetic Photography Patent

As if further proof was needed that the U.S. patent system is broken, Amazon has been granted a patent that could qualify as being the stupidest ever awarded. Patent No. 8,676,045, titled ‘Studio Arrangement’, describes a method for photographing a subject in front of a white background.

Amazon has yet to comment on the patent, but plenty of photographers have taken to blogs and forums to express their disbelief that this decades-old method is now somehow owned by the online retailer. And we’re adding our voice to that wave of discontent.

Netflix Price Rises Confirmed

Bad luck to anyone having trouble with their netflix, looks like their customer service guys are a little preoccupied with #SaveCommunity

British Pirates To Be Educated

British citizens who regularly pirate copyrighted content should expect to receive letters through the mail in 2015. Rather than warning of punitive measures, as was originally proposed by rights-holders, the letters will be educational in tone. After four alerts, no further action will be taken. Which surely makes the whole exercise rather pointless.

Live-Action Akira Movie Trailer Debuts

And finally, having grown tired of Hollywood consistently failing to deliver a live-action remake of classic anime Akira, a group of fans has produced its own trailer, as embedded above.

The Akira Project raised funds to produce the trailer via an Indiegogo campaign. And while that failed to reach its goal, enough time and talent was found to turn the idea from a dream into a reality. And pretty damn good it is too.

I have seen pictures of Matthew Brady taking pictures of his subjects sitting in front of a white background circa 1860. I have a daguerrotype of a family, sitting infront of a white background. I would say both pre-date Mr. Bezos, let alone Amazon by around a 100 years.